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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Abstract Expressionist</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>Action painting</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>Abstract Imagist</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>Surrealist</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>Neo-Plastic</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>Synthetic Cubist</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>post-1945 fine arts styles and movements</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>Abstract Expressionism</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Abstract-Expressionist</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>American-Type painting</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Expressionist, Abstract</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>painting, American-Type</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Refers to the movement in American painting, centered mainly in New York, that flourished in the 1940s and 1950s. Incorporating theories of Surrealism, Synthetic Cubism, and Neo-Plasticism, styles ranged from spontaneous, gestural compositions that paid attention to the qualities of the painting materials and stood as records of the painting process, to contemplative, near monochromatic works featuring large areas of color. ]]></note></mads>